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WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1944 (One Day Nearer Victory)
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Regulations
vnesville Has Had Ac-
je State Guard Company
Past 61 Years.
the first time in 61 years,
Uille faces tne possiuuiiy
U without a unit of the State
unless about iwem,jr-"
inin the local company im-
ely, it was learned here yes-
seriousness of Waynesville
tithout a State Guard Com-
:aroe to me luicnuui
when only 21 men showed
insDection by Colonel Wm.
:chard, commander of the
district of the Fourth Corps
! H. Howell, commander of
kond regiment of the N. G
Guard made it clear yester-
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kat unless someming is aune
to increase the membership
company to near regulation
fcment of fifty men, he will
feed to recommend qisband-
the local unit.
Howell said that men from
60, that were not eligible for
wt, are sought as members
State Guard.
detinite period of time has
let for the local company to
its full strength, but un-
ly it was said "within the
hear future," the company
have to show decided gains in
pel to he kept in the State
organization.
not believe that the patrio-
lople of Waynesville realize
hcreased dependence being
upon the State Guard for
security, and the degree
ich the commanders of the
Guard have chosen citizens
ijtiesville for leadership. If
id there would be plenty of
the local company."
le statements highlighted the
Address of Colonel Wm. S.
rd at the time of the insnec-
the regimental and batal-
adquarters groups and the
Headquarters and Service
ny here Friday. He con
in substance;
p cue army sending every
Pie soldier to the war fronts
fere no longer regular army
to tail hack on in case of
lie emerg.ncies. The State
:, therefore, now the front
internal defense.
of the manv men nvAi'lnhle
hout the State vnur nwn
Howell was chosen to head
re Second Regiment repre-
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County Hospital
Impresses Visitors
On Hospital Day
National Hospital Day was ob
served on Friday by the Haywood
County Hospital. Open house was
held from two until five o'clock.
Mrs. Evelyn Abel Osborne, super
intendent, welcomed the callers in
the entrance of the hospital, and
the senior Girl Scouts served as
ushers taking the callers over the
hospital and nurses home.
The various halls and offices of
the hospital were arranged in bas
kets and bowls of flowers sent for
the occasion by the friends of the
institution throughout the county.
From the front door to the kit
chen everything shown with Bpot
less cleanliness and a well super
vised organization of all details of
operation were noted by the cal
lers.
After the guests were shown
over the entire hospital from the
first to the third floor, they were
invited to inspect the nurses home
In the large reception room, punch
and cookies were served by Mrs,
M. C. Green, and Miss Daisy Allen
of the personnel, assisted by the
Girl Scouts.
The Haywood County Hospital
was opened in December, 1927 and
has served thousands of Haywood
folk and many visitors coming to
this area, who would otherwise
have had to go out of the county
for treatment and hospitalization
106 Seniors Will Get
Diplomas On Monday
Forty-Seven Men
Reclassified
During Past Week
The number of reclassifications
made ny the dratt board serving
the Waynesville area under the
Selective Service System dropped
to smaller figures during the past
week. There were only forty-seven
men reclassified during the period
Placed in class 1-A were the
following: Daniel Boone Bolden,
Paul Teague, George Price, Wil
Ham David Ledford, Edgar White
Mease, Elbert Silvester Reece and
Sam McNabb.
Placed in class 2-A were: Frank
lin Thomas Rogers, Zeb Vance
Woody and Eulas Claude Caroway.
Placed in class 2-B were: Dalma
Eustice' Smith, Edward Reeves
Rogers, David Hugh Parton, Har
old Junior Troutman, Edward
Haywood Plott, James Robert Cut-
shaw, Clayde Rhmehart Crawford,
Milburh Lee Gillett and John Hen-
son Messer.
Continued in class 2-B(H) were:
Floyd Grasty and James Pinkney
Siler.
Placed in class 2-C were: Leon
ard James Green, Noah Franklin
Sanford, Homer L. Stevenson, Iroy
Lee Wilson, Frank Melvine Fergu
son, Johnnie Lee Hill; continued in
class 2-C were: Vinson Aster
Henry, Way Walker Messer, Cly
ton Boone McElroy and Glenn Silas
McCracken.
Placed in class 2-C(H) were:
Joseph Dewey Russell, William
Loyd Ledford, David Newell Katn
bone, Norman Lewis Conard, Guy
Medford McElroy, William Claude
McCracken, Roy Hobert Ross, Carl
Silas Greene, Hiram Carlton
Greene, Francis Carl Trantham,
Jesse Weaver Parkins and Lowery
Odell Ferguson.
Placed in class 4-F was Bruce
Vaughn Curtis.
Placed in class 4-F(H) were:
Vance Caldwell and idwin JacK
son Mintz.
J. M. Wood, Last
Confederate
Veteran, Passes
100-Year-Old Veteran Was
Only Surviving Veteran
Residing In County.
From Confederate Army.
J. M. Wood, native of Jackson
County, only surviving veteran of
the county in the War Between the
States residing in Haywood Coun
ty, died at his home on Allen's
Creek in Haywood County, at 6:30
a. m. on Friday. Mr. Wood was
100 years of age on March 22. He
had been a resident of Haywood
county since 1901.
Mr. Wood enlisted in the Con
federate Army on June 13, 18G3 and
served for the remainder of the
War Between the State in Com
pany C, 69th North Carolina Regi
ment.
Funeral services were conducted
on Sunday afternoon at 1 :30 o'clock
at the Rocky Branch Baptist church
for Mr. Wood, burial was in the
Rocky Branch cemetery.
With the passing of Mr. Wood
Haywood County has claim to only
one surviving veteran of the War
Between the States, Captain Alden
Howell, who has made his home in
Los Angeles, Calif., for the past
several years with his daughter,
Mrs. Jack Johnston.
Mr. Wood is survived by five
daughters, Mrs. Callie Browning,
of Worthingtown, S. C-, Mrs. Laura
Mehaffey, Iron Duff, Mrs. Mary
Watson, East La Porte, Mrs. Min
nie Conner, Waynesville, R.F.D. No,
1, and Mrs. Joyce Parker, of Wolf
Mt.; three sons, Bragg Wood, Way
nesville, R.F.D. No. 1, Nelson,
Whittier, and Brice Wood, Big
Lick, Tenn.; 62 grandchildren; 128
great grandchildren; and 22 great
great grandchildren.
The Garrett Funeral Home of
Waynesville, was in charge of the
arrangements.
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FBI Agent Likes
Recreational
Plans For Area
"A definite step forward," was
the way E. C. Kennelly, special
F. B. I. agent, termed the com
munity recreational program here
last week aa he addressed the
Rotary dub.
Mr. Kennelly was warm in his
praise of the program, and cited
numerous instances throughout the
nation that had been investigated
by the F. B. I. that probably would
not have happened if such a pro
gram had been in existence.
The speaker pointed the grow
ing unrest and the need for direct
ed activity among- every age.
Capt. G. A. Francis
Given Silver Star
For Gallantry
Captain Charles A. Francis, son
of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Francis, who
is serving as a Chaplain in the U-
S. Army and is now stationed in
the European war theater has been
awarded a silver star for gallantry
in action in Italy. The following
account was sent his family from
the Adjutant General's office.
"When word was received by
Capt. Francis that three men had
been killed and buried under enemy
shell fire and at an advanced out
most, he immediately organized a
small party to evacuate them, fear
lessly leading the group up the
steep hazardous assent.
"Capt. Francis was exposed to
deadly mortars, machine guns, and
other small arm fire but he moved
forward to the outpost line al
though under enemy observation
and subjected to intense aimed fire
at this visual position he worked
tirelessly for five hours excavating
bodies and then dogged determina
tion and despite physical exhaus
tion he helped carry them back
down tortuous trails to the col
lecting point. His magnificient
courage and valor greatly inspired
the men of his party."
Captain Francis entered the ser
vice in Sept., 1943. He took special
training at Harvard and from there
sent to Fort Dix and then to Camp
Edwards, Mass., before being sent
overseas. He is a graduate of Wake
Forest and the Crozer Theological
Seminary, Chester, Pa.
One Of School's Largest
Clases Will Graduate Mon
day Night At 8:15.
The 1944 senior class, with 106
members will receive their diplomas
Monday evening in the auditorium
of the high school, it was announc
ed yesterday by M. H. Bowles, superintendent.
The first of the commencement
exercises will be the baccalaureate
sermon on Sunday night at 8:15,
in the school auditorium, with Rev.
Robt. G. Tatum, bringing the mes
sage. All church services of the
community will join in the community-wide
program.
The invocation will be given by
Rev. J. C. Madison, while the girls
glee club will give two special
numbers.
Dr. B. G. Childs, of Duke Uni
versity, will deliver the literary
address on Monday evening, with
this program also starting at 8:15.
Rev. M. R. Williamson will give
the invocation, and Rosemary Her
man the salutatory address. Dor
othy Leatherwood, valedictorian,
will follow Dr. Child's on the pro
gram. C. E. Weatherby, principal, will
present the class to M. H. Bowles,
who will award the diplomas.
Citizenship awards will be made
to the following: Grace Allen and
Robert H. Gibson, Jr., D.A.R.
Citizenship award, presented by
Mrs. S. H. Bushnell.
Robert Meade Harry will receive
the American Legion Award, pre
sented by Robert H. Gibson, Sr.
The American Legion Auxiliary
award will go to Aluwagine Mc
Clure, and will be presented by
Mrs. J. C. Brown.
Rev. H. G. Hamtnett will give the
benediction, while Miss Nancy Kil
lian will play the processional and
recessional, as well as accompany
the girl's glee club in a special
number.
Those to receive diplomas Mon
day night are:
Margaret Grace Allen, Lee J.
Allison, Margaret C. Arrington,
Roy E. Arrington, Selma Louise
Baldwin, Doris A. Blablock, Joseph
L. Boone, Margaret Oleta Bryson,
Edwin M. Burgin, William P. Bur-
gin, Wilma Lagle, Mary E. Cald
well, Edith Adelaide Camp, Sam L.
Calhoun, James Robert Carpenter,
Mabel Frances Carswell, Walker
Chambers, Mildred Carswell, Mary
E. Colvard, Janet Alice Coward,
Hobert Earl Collins, Evelyn Jean
Craig, Jeannette Crawford, Mary
Alice Davis, Katherine Ruth Deitz,
(Continued on page 12)
Tickets On Sale
For Annual C.
Of C. Banquet
A. L. Freedlander Will Be
Speaker At Civic Meeting
Here On 25th.
Advance sales of tickets for the
annual Chamber of Commerce ban
quet were being made this week,
and according to Ralph Prevost,
chairman of ticket sales, a capa
city crowd of 300 would attend on
Thursday night, May 25, at the
Hazelwood school cafeteria.
A report of all sales will have to
be made by Saturday night, in
order for the members of the East
ern Star, who will Rerve, to com
plete their plans for the meal. The
tickets are one dollar, and the ban
quet will begin at 7:30.
The program committee announc
id that A. L. Freedlander, presi
dent of The Dayton Rubber Manu
facturing Company, will be the
speaker. Other details of an out
standing program were being com
pleted yesterday.
The following people have ban
quet tickets for sale. J. G. McKin
ley, R. A. Gaddis, George Bischoff,
Heinz Rollnian, Johnny Edwards,
Ralph Prevost, Hallett Ward.
Howard Clapp, Francis Massie,
Felix Stovall, Joe Davis, C. V. Bell,
Charlie Ray, N. W. Garrett and
C. N. Allen.
N. W. Garrett, president, recent
ly named Dr. Stuart Roberson,
Charlie Ray, Frank Rogers and C.
N. Allen as the committee to ar
range for the banquet and meeting.
Rev.C. C. Campbell,
Episcopal Rector,
Visits Relatives
Rev. William C. Campbell, D. D.,
of Ni'W York City, executive direc
tor of the Presiding Bishops' Com
mittee on layman's work of the
Episcopal church, who came to
Asheville during the week, was the
guest of his uncle and aunt, Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Boyd.
Rev. Campbell, a native of Way
nesville, is the son of Mrs. Arthur
Waldron, of Lakewood, Ohio, for
merly of Waynesville and the late
W. C. Campbell, of Waynesville.
He is a former rector of All Souls
church, Brooklyn. He is a gra
duate of Amherst college, and re
ceived his theological education at
Kenyon college, Ohio and the Theo
logical Seminary, New York City.
He is chaplain of the 23rd regi
ment of the N. Y. State Guard and
chaplain of the veterans of the
23rd regiment, and also of the
106th Infantry New York National
Guard. In the summer he serves
as priest in charge of St. Thomas'
Chapel, Amagansett, Long Island.
Forty-Four Men
Go To Camp Croft
For Pre-Induction
The following men left here on
Friday morning for pre-induction
examinations at Camp Croft, with
Leon Ward Henry, leader and
Lewis Nathaniel Green as assis
tant leader;
Henry Noland Pless, Luther Lee,
Jr., Thomas Robert Killian, Paul
Monroe Browning, Nathan Hill,
Albert William Arrington, Robert
Oliver Shook, John B. Kates,
Ramus Adam Conner, Harry
Swayngim, Fred Cordell McClure,
Roy Swanger. Thomas Fonsa
Swanger, DeWitt Clinto nRogers,
Charlie Adkins Smith.
Clyde Vance Calhoun, John Wiley
Marcus, Hiram Sam Wilburn, Guy
Virgil Grogan, Lyman Brownlowe
Rogers, Jr., Willie Claude Allison,
William Yoder Conard, Hugh Leop
ard Natheiel Mehaffey, William Al
ton Lowe, Joe Kirkpatrick, Rich
ard Bradley, Dennis Meadows, Ken
neth Dearl Milner.
Thomas Earl Frazier, lEmerson
Earl Mashliurn, Albert Hunter, Jr.,
Frederick Mitchell Glavich, Law
rence Elmer White, Odell Lockman,
Samuel Monroe Frady, Jr., Roy
Lee Henry, Herman Mitchell Fie,
Cage Allie McCoy, William Charles
McCrary, Chester Spurgeon Davis,
and Roy Hannah.
Eighty-Five Men Leave Here This
Week For Induction In Armed Service
WiU Visit The Parish
Of Grace Church Sunday
The Right Rev. Robert Emmett
Gribbin, head of the Episcopal
Diocese of Western North Carolina,
t6U visit the parish of Grace
Church in the Mountains here on
Sunday. He will administer the
rite of confirmation. There will also
be a special musical program ren
dered by the choir.
Eighty-five men from the Way
nesville area of Haywood County
left Wednesday morning for in
duction in the service. Twenty
five of the group reported to Fort
Bragg for service in the army and
sixty reported to Spartanburg des
tined to serve in the navy. They
left here by busses the army leav
ing at 7:30 in the morning and the
navy at 8:00 o'clock.
Frank Calvin Byrd, former cap
tain of the local state guard unit
was named leader of the army
group and John Larce Ledford as
assistant leader. There were five
volunteers in the army including
both leaders and Charlie Edgar
Massie, Francis Samuel James and
Ralph James Rathbone.
Others were Glenn Haney, John
Wesley Chambers, Dexter Lee
Bumgarner, Charles Lynn Smith,
Lester James Bradshaw, Emanuel
Jake Schulhofer, Jr., Bryce Lee
Crawford, Aaron Rufus Winchest
er, Wilson LeRoy Heatherly, Paul
Philmore Medford, Carl William
Cutshaw, Robert Frank Davis,
Amos Frank Rathbone, James Hor
ace Leatherwood, Earl Robert
Gribble, Medford Addie Grasty,
Homer Ray Kirkpatrick, Yuman
Trantham, Elbert Guy Sims and
Leon E- Webb.
Robert Dillard Suttenfield, Jr.,
was named leader of the navy
group, with Charlie Candler Wood
all, Rufus Earl Byrd and M. B.
Reever, Jr., as assistant leaders.
Twety-four of the sixty men were
volunteers as follows: Loften
Frank Green, R. L. Saunders, Co
lumbus Lee Sexton, David Andrew
Boyd, Charles Elbert Giles, Rufus
Karl Byrd, Charlie Candler Wood
ard, Jesse Lee Aiken, Kenneth Ear
Ruff, Kenneth Rogers.
Kenneth Goodson, William Theon
Hyatt, Edd McCracken. M. B.
Reeves, Jr., J. D. Smith, Fred Lewis
Moody. J. C. McElroy, Kent Shel
ton eKtner, Paul Hannah, James
Ray Messer, Ernest Alvin Leopard,
Jack Medford Leatherwood and
Charles Wayne Ferguson.
Others were: Robert Dixon,
James Thomas Forga, Dewey Ray
Arrington, Hobert Olus Burnett,;
Samuel Edgar Frady, Neal Davis
Mathis, Robert Vance Davis, Wil
lard Edgar Russell, Shuford Rath
bone, Edward Earl Thomason,
Thomas V. Warren, Norman Lew-
ellyn Bradley, Robert Oscar Ar
rington, Howard Eugene Sutton,
Earl William Reece, William Rob
ert Toy.
Hurshel Edwin Dotson, Edd
Woody, Buddie Green, Hershell
Bradley, Andy Nathan Sparks,
Herman Ray Owens, Dallas Luther
Pruett, Robert Lee Mehaffey,
James Robert Fie, Boone Price,
Teague Carver, Jack Caldwell,
Monroe Franklin, James Lewis
Morrow, Kenneth Lee Compton,
Clarence Jackson Moody, Lemuel
Hilliard Frazier, Jr., Wallace Bun-
yon Crawford and Wilburn Clyde
Dill..
Grady V. Howell
Reported Missing
Over Germany
Technical Sergeant Grady V.
Howell, Jr., 23, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Grady V. Howell, of Jonathan
Creek, is reported missing in ac
tion, according to a message re
ceived by his parents on Monday.
The telegram from the Adjutant
General read as follows:
"The Secretary of War desires
me to express his deep regret that
your son, Technical Sgt. Grady V.
Howell, Jr., has been reported
missing in action since twenty
ninth of April over Germany. If
further details or other informa
tion are received you will be
promptly notified."
Sgt. I W) well entered the service
in August, 1942, and was induct
ed at Fort Jackson, and from
there was sent to numerous train
ing fields over the country prior
to being sent overseas as a chief
engineer and a gunner in a Liber
ator bomber division.
Prior to entering the service
Sgt. Howell was employed as an
inventory clerk at the Owens
Illnois Company in Bridgeton, N.
J. He is a graduate of the local
high school and also attended
State College at Raleigh.
Sgt. Howell was recently award
ed the Air Medal for bringing
down five bombers over Germany.
Large Audience
Enjoys Concert
An appreciative audience of
more than 500 attended the band
concert here last Saturday night.
The 76-piece band was composed
of outstanding high school band
students from three states. The
group spent three days in band
study under the direction of James
C. Pfohl, director of music at
Davidson and Queen Colleges.
The local arrangements for the
three-day festival were under the
personal supervision of Charles
Isley, director of the Wavnpsvillo
band.
Experienced Man
Employed To Take
Charge Of Work
Well-Rounded Program Is
Outlined For This Com
munity By Council.
A community-wide recreational
program will be launched in this
community the first of June, ac
cording to an announcement made
at a luncheon meeting of the Com
munity Council held Tuesday at
the Hazelwood school, with Mrs.
Rufus Siler, chairman, presiding.
The director, employed by the
Community Council, is a man of
wide experience and comes from
one of the largest directed recrea
tional centers in the state, accord
ing to C- E. Weatherby, chairman
of the committee to secure a direc
tor, who made the announcement
at the meeting.
Dr. Harold E. Meyers, of Chapel
Hill, executive director of the
North Carolina Recreational Com
mittee, was the guest speaker of
the council meeting which was at
tended by approximately 30 people
including members and guests.
Dr. Meyers gave an impressive
outline of the part a recreational
program can play in a community.
He stressed the fact that recrea
tion for the rural, industrial and
central community areas should
not be separated, but all grouped
together, and that the busiest peo
ple were in the greatest need of
recreation.
He pointed out the necessity for
a recreational program that would
include the very young and the old,
stressing the fact that community
recreation did not mean merely a
playground, hut a well organised
and diversified active program that .
would meet the relaxation needs of
all groups and ages.
Dr. Meyers emphasized the im
portance of utilizing natural re
sources in a community in the rec
reational program, stating that in
this particular area mountain
trails, swimming and fishing should
be featured.
He advised that a group of five
representatives from the student
council of the high school be asked
to meet with the selective commit
te from the general community
council who would work out the
recreational program activities for
the teen age groups.
Dr. Meyers was high in his praise
of the director for the local com
munity program selected by the
committee. He stated that he had
known his work in other towns of
the state and that this section was
fortunate in securing his services
for promoting a community pro
gram. Dr. Meyers was enthusiastic over
the manner in which the local com
munity council had been organis
ed and complimented the group on
the vision of service shown in the
general set-up for recreational op
portunities. In discussing juvenile delinquen
cy, Dr. Meyers stated that while
there had been an increase in some
areas, it was not true on the whole
and that taken on an average juve
nile delinquency was on the de
crease due to such recreational
programs as had been designed by
the local council.
Dr. Meyers was introduced by
Chas. E. Ray, who had formerly
known the speaker when he resided
in Chapel Hill.
Horton Announces
Speaking Dates
E. C. Horton, of Canton, will
seek election as an independent for
the House of Representatives in
the November election. He will
speak at the court house here at
noon Saturday and at 12:30 at
Hazelwood.
He has several speaking engage
ments in Canton, which are an
nounced elsewhere in this news-?
paper.
W. R. Francis, whose business
necessitates his residence for the
present in Wilmington, is spend
ing several days here with his
family.
Only Three Cases
Tried In Court
Since Thursday
Since last Thursday only three
cases have been tried in the civil
term of Superior court which con
vened here on Monday, May 8,
with Judge Felix E. Alley, presid
ing. It was expected that the
court would adjourn either today
or Friday morning.
Judgments rendered since last
Thursday include the following:
In the case of U. G. Moody
versus J. C. Watkins, which involv
ed a cancellation of a deed of trust
a cancellation was ordered by the
court.
The case of J. T. Russell versus
R. R. Campbell, et al also involved
the cancellation of a deed of trust
and a similar judgment was ren
dered, with an order for cancella
tion. Yesterday afternoon the case of
R. L. Russell versus the Stat
Highway Commission was expect
ed to be completed today. Mr. Rus
sell is seeking damages for timber
lands through which he claimed
that the state highway had run
highway.
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